Bible Quiz Wednesday October 30

Please use the study guide to review for our Esther Chapter Two quiz. We re-read the chapter today in class, and reviewed the section of the movie. Tomorrow we will do some partner study and group study for this quiz.

Esther Chapter Two!

We are learning more about Esther and what happens next in this incredible story.

We will be watching the movie from parts 21:00-57:38.

Esther, One Night with The King

Below is the study Guide for this chapter.

Esther Chapter Two Summary Answer Key

21:00- 57:38   movie

Eunuch- a man who is  in charge of women in a palace Virgin- a woman who has not  been married Concubine- a woman who lives with a man, but has lower status than his wife (or wives) Harem-private household of concubines or multiple wives. A forbidden area to men.

1) The king waited for four years after Vashti was banished before his personal attendants

made a proposal to hold a search for  beautiful young virgins  to replace Vashti. (2:1-2)

2) There were 400 women taken to the palace for King Ahasuerus to choose from.

3) Women were brought by the king's order. They had  no choice. (2:8)

4) The women were taken to the palace  and placed under the care of Hegai, a eunuch. (2:4)

5) Esther pleased Hegai and received special beauty treatments and special food. He gave her seven maids and the best place in the harem.

6) Why do you think Esther found favour with Hegai?

• It was clear that she was different than other women

• She was beautiful
• God blessed her

7) Esther did not reveal her background because Mordecai instructed her not to. (2:10)

8) Each girl underwent twelve months of beauty treatments: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics.

9) Women were taken to spend a night with the king, then moved to a different part of the harem. If the king liked her, he would call her back (2:14)

10) When it was Esther’s turn, she found favour with everyone who saw her. (2:15)

11) The king chose Esther and made her queen instead of Vashti. (2:16)

Paragraphs!

We are working on Paragraphs.  Students have chosen a pre-written topic sentence to work with. They will be writing the rest of the paragraph, keeping in mind key words and transitions in their detail sentences. I am looking forward to seeing the results!

First draft is due on Monday, October 28th.

Below  is a link to the hand outs we used in class to help us write the paragraphs.

Paragraphs Activity 5

Bible Quiz- Chapter One Esther Study Guide Test on Wednesday, October 16

Esther Chapter One Key

1) The story of Esther happened:   

After the  Israelites captivity  in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. They were now were free to return to 

Jerusalem. 

2) The Book of Esther is likely included in the Bible for many reasons including:

• It tells the background and history of the celebration of Purim.
• God’s power and mystery are revealed even though His name is not mentioned.
• It is one of two books in the Bible named for women.

3)Some people believe the author is: Mordecai

4)It was written sometime between: 460 and 331 BC

Xerxes= Ahasuerus                         Hadassah=Esther

King Ahasuerus was having a banquet because: he want to display his wealth and celebrate his reign

The banquet lasted for seven days after six months of celebrations.(1:4-5)

INTERESTING: Archeologists have  found inscriptions in which Ahasuerus referred to himself as “the great  king, the king of kings, the king of this great earth.” He was obviously a very proud/ arrogant man.

The king was very generous with his wine, and everyone drank  as much as they wanted to. (1:8)

While Ahasuerus was hosting his banquet, Queen Vashti was hosting her own

banquet  for the women. (1: 9)

When King Ahasuerus called for Queen Vashti, she refused to come. (1:12)

Why do you think she refused to come? List some possible reasons.

• She didn’t like the king and wanted to embarrass him.
• She didn’t want to be with him when he was drunk.
• She wanted to show the women she was with her own power by refusing the king.

The king was furious and burned with anger. (1:12)

The king asked his advisors what to do. (1:13)

Queen Vashti was banished because the advisors said that Queen Vashti’s behavior might

influence other women and there would be no end of  disrespect and discord. (1:18)

Esther: The Movie and Discussion

Digging Deeper

We are going to really dig into the story of Esther, looking at each chapter carefully to ensure we are understanding the setting, characters, background and events of the story.

After reading  reviews from  FOCUS ON THE FAMILY  and from COMMON SENSE MEDIA .org, I decided to use the movie Esther, One Night with the King for further discussion of our study of Esther.

Descriptive Character Analysis

Descriptive Character Analysis

Rubric for this assignment

 Two Parts:
1) Paragraph about characters appearance
2) Picture of character

DUE: Tuesday, October 8


Students are working on paragraphing skills and learning about how authors develop characters. Authors spend a lot of time thinking about a character's appearance, thoughts and actions and family history. Some information may not even make it into the story, but it is important for the author to know.

The last few weeks, students have chosen a minor character from Peter Pan to analyze. They have thought out the character's appearance, thoughts and actions, and family history.

For Monday the second (or for some a third) draft of the Appearance paragraph is due. Students are also to draw a picture of that character making sure it fits their description.

We are working on paragraphing skills and this will be a big focus for us throughout the year. Paragraphs are building blocks for our writing.

We used the hamburger model Hamburger Model Template as a way to organize our ideas.  We have talked about the importance of having a strong claim in our topic sentence, using our key words in all our sentences and using transitions to help the sentences flow together.

claim- stating a strong opinion or fact that introduces the topic
Example: Tinklebell is the prettiest fairy in all of Neverland

key words- are words that are found in the topic sentence that will be used in all the other sentences to keep same ideas in the paragraph.
Example: prettiest, fairy (from above claim example)

transitions-words that move the writing along
Example: first, next, also, in conclusion